For them no more the blazing hearth shall burn, Or busy housewife ply her evening care ; No children run to lisp their sire's return, Or climb his knees the envied kiss to share. Oft did the harvest to their sickle yield, Their furrow oft the stubborn... A dictionary of poetical illustrations - Page 105by Robert Aitkin Bertram - 1877Full view - About this book
| Samuel Kirkham - 1839 - 362 pages
...more the blazing hearth shall burn', Or busy housewife* ply her evening core'; Nor childrenb run to lisp their sire's return', Or climb his knees', the...has broke'; How jocund" did they drive their team a-field'I How bowed the woods beneath their sturdy stroke'! Let not ambition mock their useful toil',... | |
| Thomas Gray - 1839 - 166 pages
...de sillons traça leur soc laborieux ! Comme au sein des travaux leurs chants étaient joyeux, vu. Oft did the harvest to their sickle yield ; Their...! How bow'd the woods beneath their sturdy stroke ! VII. VIII. /i/iís кáтeo f\KfT, a\aCóvfs, &aа firóvaiтav OÙK àvóvifтa, Kотла fioîpav... | |
| 1840 - 372 pages
...horn, No more shall rouse them from their lowly bed. For them no more the blazing hearth shall burn, Or busy housewife ply her evening care : No children...stroke ! Let not ambition mock their useful toil, Their homely joys, and destiny obscure ; The boast of heraldry, the pomp of power, And all that beauty,... | |
| Oliver Goldsmith - 1841 - 292 pages
...horn, No more shall rouse them from their lowly bed. For them no more the blazing hearth shall burn, Or busy housewife ply her evening care; No children...sturdy stroke! Let not ambition mock their useful toil, Their homely joys, and destiny obscure; Nor grandeur hear with a disdainful smile The short and simple... | |
| Book - 1841 - 164 pages
...morn, The swallow twitt'ring from the straw-built shed, For them no more the blazing hearth shall burn, Or busy housewife ply her evening care ; No children...stroke ! Let not ambition mock their useful toil, Their homely joys, and destiny obscure ; Nor grandeur hear with a disdainful smile The short and simple... | |
| Readings - 1843 - 466 pages
...horn, No more shall rouse them from their lowly bed. For them no more the blazing hearth shall burn, Or busy housewife ply her evening care; No children...kiss to share. Oft did the harvest to their sickle 4 yield, Their furrow 5 oft the stubborn glebe 6 has broke; How jocund' did they drive their team a-field!... | |
| Robert Chambers - 1844 - 738 pages
...clarion, or the echoing horn, No more shall rouse them from their lowly bed. For them no more the blazing p | \ . bowed the woods beneath their sturdy stroke Let not Ambition mock their useful toil, Their homely joye,... | |
| English poetry - 1844 - 108 pages
...horn, No more shall rouse them from their lowly bed. For them no more the blazing hearth shall burn, Or busy housewife ply her evening care ; No children...share. Oft did the harvest to their sickle yield, Their harrow oft the stubborn glebe has broke ; How jocund did they drive their team a-field ! How bowed... | |
| Richard Green Parker - 1845 - 456 pages
...No more shall rouse them from their lowly bed. For them no more the blazing hearth shall burn, Nor busy housewife ply her evening care ; No children...How jocund did they drive their team afield ! How bowed the woods beneath their sturdy stroke. Let not Ambition mock their useful toil, Their homely... | |
| Thomas Gray - 1845 - 92 pages
...care ; No children run to lisp their sire's return, Or climb his knees, the envied kiss to share. VII. Oft did the harvest to their sickle yield ; Their...! How bow'd the woods beneath their sturdy stroke ! . . NEW YOKK VIII. Let not Ambition mock their useful toil, Their homely joys, and destiny obscure... | |
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